A Mayhem of Murderous Monks (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 21) by Howard of Warwick
Author:Howard of Warwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Funny Book Company
Published: 2021-02-27T13:00:00+00:00
Caput XV: Children Should Beâ¦
âA young boy?â Hermitage asked with surprise. âSurely not.â
âYou donât know him,â Greville moaned. âHeâs horrible.â
âHeâs only about twelve,â Cwen said.
âThirteen,â Greville corrected. âThatâs thirteen years of practising to be horrible. And heâs practised so hard that heâs now very good at it.â
âSurely he wouldnât kill anyone, not really,â Hermitage protested.
âHeâs killed enough other things,â Greville said. âYou canât leave him alone for a moment.â
Cwen was shaking her head. âHe wanted us to get his money back from Egeus. He wouldnât do that if heâd killed him.â
âGet his money back?â Greville squeaked. âHe hasnât got any money.â
âThought so,â Wat said. âHeâs given some of Ralfâs money to Egeus and I donât think Ralf knows about it.â
âHe certainly doesnât,â Greville confirmed with some worry. âAnd if he finds out there really will be a murder.â
Hermitage tutted at that. âA father would not kill his own son over such a matter.â
âOnly a youngest son,â Greville explained. âRalfâs eldest will take the estate. Heâs also called Ralf. Rogerâs only tolerated in case something happens to his brother. And if Roger got behind his brother on a dark night, something probably would happen.
âNow that heâs turned thirteen his fatherâs going to pack him off to a monastery. Then weâll all sleep safer in our beds.â
âThis monastery?â Wat asked.
âI shouldnât think so,â Greville considered the suggestion. âThey might have heard about him. No, itâd need to be somewhere far away.â
Cwen had a wry smile on her face. âAnd who should be around at just such a moment? The Brother with monasteries in his pockets; Egeus.â
Hermitage couldnât follow that. âI donât follow,â he said.
Cwen explained patiently. âSo far, Brother Egeus has taken money from Normans who want to endow a nice prominent monastery, yes?â
âYes,â Hermitage agreed.
âHeâs also taken money from monasteries who want to secure themselves a friendly Norman.â
âSo it seems.â
âIf I was the younger son of a noble about to be sent to a monastery for the rest of my life, Iâd willingly pay to make sure it was a nice one.â
âEven better to pay with someone elseâs money,â Wat added.
âYou think Egeus may have offered such a thing?â Hermitage couldnât immediately think of a âniceâ monastery. They werenât supposed to be nice. Images of the monastery in DeâAthâs Dingle continued to haunt him, but then that place was considered horrible by people who already lived in horrible monasteries.
âIt seems to be his trade,â Cwen shrugged. âA monastery merchant. Who knew there was such a thing?â
âThere isnât,â Hermitage insisted.
âThere isnât anymore,â Cwen agreed. âThe only one we know of is dead.â
âSounds as if weâd better have a word with young Roger,â Wat said. âHe did tell us to find him tonight.â
âHeâs at his worst in the dark,â Greville muttered. âYou can go on your own.â
âHeâs only a boy,â Cwen scoffed at the fear.
âNo, he only looks like a boy. It wouldnât surprise me to find that he asked Egeus for his money back and when the monk said no, he killed him in one of his tempers, forgetting that he was supposed to be recovering his fatherâs coin.
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